Ali Taha Abu Snina

Ali Taha Abu Snina (died 8 May 1972) was a Black September Organization member and one of the hijackers of Sabena Flight 571.

Biography
Ali Taha Abu Snina was from Palestine, and he was trained by the Palestine Liberation Organization in Lebanon. Snina, Rima Tannous, Therese Halsa, and Abed al-Aziz Atrash hijacked Sabena Flight 571 on 8 May 1972 during its flight from Vienna International Airport to Tel Aviv-Lod International Airport, and they planned to trade its 90 passengers for 315 convicted terrorists. Snina had a conversation with the English Jewish pilot Reginald Levy, telling him that he was to blame because the United Kingdom gave the Jews a state. The two men talked about their children, and when Snina told Levy that he made him miss his daughters, Levy told him, “Well, I hope that you’ll be able to hug them all again soon.” Moments later, Sayeret Matkal commandos under Ehud Barak and Benjamin Netanyahu stormed the plane and killed Snina and Atrash and captured Tannous and Halsa.